Phonograph cabinet



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E. W. WIINSLOW PHONOGRAPH ABINET Filed April 6, 1921 ltl it t r 1 f llfitili an at wa Ila nnvvnian w. vvrnsnow, or nnnitnrnarnn, town.

lPI'TONOGlEtAPlH': CABINET.

Application filed April 6, 1921. Serial No. it-59,077.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, l lnwnnn W. WINSLOW, a citizen of the United titates, residingjat lielle lPlaine, in the county of llenton and tl'ltate of llowa, have invented new and useful llnlprovements in Phonograph Cabinets,

of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a phonograph cabinet. v i

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of phonograph cabinets and to provide a simple, practical til hand closing of the lids andthe sii'nultaneous till and comparatively inexpensive phonograph cabinet equlpped. with record compartments having means operable by the opening and closingof hinged lids for raising and lowering aplurality of phonograph records for arranging them in position to permlt their rea 1y removal from the cabmet and also to house them within the cabinet.

1 i Afurther object of the invention is to provide a phonograph cabinet of this character in whichthe record receiving compartments will be provided with adjustable counterbalancing means for enabling the opening raisingand lowering of the contents to be performed without effort on the part of the operator.

Another object of the invention isito provide a phonograph cabinet havingrecord.

holding compartments provided with means for wiping the records when the sameare placed in and removed from the cabinet whereby the records will be maintained in a clean condition. i

With these and other objects in view, the

invention consistsin the construction and ift novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims hereto appended, it being understood that vaall till

the same.

rious changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope of the appended claims, may be resortcd to without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of the ad Figure 2 is a vertical sectional View of right the invention, the phonograph cabinet comprises a horizontal body 1, oblong in horizontal section and supported by legs 2 but the cabinet which may be ornamented and finished in any desired manner, may of course bemade in any other desired form. The body comprises a central compartment or portion and side or end compartments 4L. The central compartment or portion 3 is designed to receive the phonograph, or talk ing machine, and the side or end compartments constitute record receptacles for bold. ing records 5 in convenient position to enable the same to be readily transferred from the compartments to the machine and vice versa. The central and side compartments are provided with separate lids 6 and Z hinged at the back shown. Each of the side. or record. compartments is of the same construction and a description of the mechanism of one applies to the other.

The side record receiving compartment 4 is substantially rectangular in horizontal section and it is provided with spaced verticalguides 8 located at the opposite side walls ofthe compartment and preferably consisting of strips or ribs projecting slightly from the surfaces of the walls of the compartments and receiving and fitting in grooved wheels 9 of a vertically movable false bottom 10 upon which the records are placed. The record receiving compartment is provided at the top with a rack 11 having spaced parallel slats 12 provided with a cover 13 of felt or other suitable fabric and adapted to wipe both faces of each record 5 when the same is placed in, and removed from the compartment 41-. The cabinet may be of any desired size and one or more of the record compartments may be provided for enabling the cabinets to be constructed of the required capacity.

ed on suitabIe 'pivot-s or axles 16 and con: stituting" anti-friction devices to facilitate the relative horizontal'movement of the lifting board or member when raising or lowering the platform or false bottom 10. The

lifting board or member is raised and low:

ered by a pair of lifting levers preferably in the form of rock shafts 16"'and 17' jour The lower 1inks 24 extend upwardly from the crank arms 23 and are pivoted at 25 to upper links 26 and the latter extend upward y from the,lower links and are piv ota lly-conneeted to ears or bearings 27 of the,lid 7. The lid 7 is adapted to be swung upwardly and downwardly to raise and lower the upper and lower links and the raising and lowering of the links swing the crank arms 23 of the rock shaft 16 upwardly and downwardly fand effect a corresponding movement of the swinging supporting loops. In the opening movement of the lid, the terminalcrank arms 23 are carried upward nearly to a central vertical position, theupward movement being limited by L shaped stop members 23 secured to the rear wall'of the cabinet and having horizontal projecting portions arranged tobe engaged by the links adjacent their connected ends. This prevents the terminal crank arms 'from being carried to a central vertical position so that the vertically movable platform will descend when permit-ted to do so by the upward movement of the lid. The lid in the opening movement swings rearwardly beyond a vertical position and forms a look for maintaining the vertically movable platform in an elevated position and the lid is thereby held in its open'position. When the lid is swung forwardly beyond the vertical position to close thecabinet, the vertically movable platform will be permitted to descend to its initial position. I

Inorder' to counter-balance to a greater or less degree, the weight of the contents of the compartment in the operation of the device, an inclined coiled spring 28 is arranged beneath the lifting board or member 14 and is connected at its upper end at 29 to the same andis provided at its lower end with a threaded 'stem or screw. 30 extending through the bottom of the compartment and provided with a nut 31 engaging the threads ofcthe stem 30 and fitting against a bracket 32 which forms a bearing or abutment for the nut. The nut is readily adjustable to vary the tension of the spring which resists horizontal movement of the lifting board or member in one direction and thereby counter-balances the weight of the records.

In practice, the phonograph cabinet will be equipped with an electric light 33 preferably mounted on the central lid 6 and adapted to enable the names of the records to be readily seen so that'the proper record may be removed from either record compartment.

hat is claimed is 1. A cabinet for phonograph records having a record receiving compartment and provided with a hinged lid, :1 platform mo\' able upwardly and downwardly within the compartment and arranged to receive and support the records, parallel lever members mounted within the compartment below the platform and connected with and operated by'thelid, and means for connecting the lever members and for supporting the platform whereby the latter will be raised and loweredwhen the lid is opened and closed, said means including a crank element connected with one of the lever members.

2. A cabinet for 'phonogaph records including a compartinent having a hinged lid, a platform movable upwardly and downwardly within the compartment and pro-' vided at its ends with wheels, guide rails mounted within the compartment and arranged to receive the said wheels, and means connected with and operated'by the lid'for raising and lowering the platform when the lid is opened and closed.

3. A cabinet for phonograph records including a compartment having a hinged lid, a platform movable upwardly and downwardly within the compartment, a relatively movable lifting board arranged beneath and carrying the platform, swinging link members mounted within the compartment and connected with and supporting the lifting member, a crank element connected with one of the link members, and means for connecting the said crank element with the lid.

a. A cabinet for phonograph records including a compartment having a hinged lid, a platform movable upwardly and downwardly within. the compartment, a relatively movable lifting member arranged beneath and carrying the platform, swinging link members mounted within the compartment and connected with and supporting the lifting member, a crank element connected wil b one of the link members, and upper and lower links pivoted together to form a joint at theupperedge'of the body to permit the upper link to swing over the same and connected to the crank element and the lid for swinging the link members when the lid is opened and closed.

eas es support" the records,a member located beneath the platform and movable along the same, swinging loops mounted within the compartment and carryin the lifting member, crank arms connectec with one of the swinging loops and links connecting the crank arms with the lid.

6. A cabinet for phonograph records including a compartment having a hinged lid, a platform movable upwardly and downwardly in the compartment and adapted to support the records, a member located beneath the platform and movable along the same, swinging loops mounted within the compartment and carrying the lifting member, rollers mounted on the lifting member and receiving the platform,and links connecting the swinging loops with the lid.

7. A cabinet for phonograph records including a compartment having a hinged lid, a platform movable upwardly and clownwardly within the compartment, a lifting member arranged beneath the platform, swinging links carrying the lifting member, means connected with the lid for swinging the links, and a spring connected with the lifting member and arranged to resist hori zontal movement of the same in one direction for counter-balancing the weight of the records.

affixed my signature.

EDWARD W. W'INSLUW. 

